Central Bank of Armenia Chairman Martin Galstyan didn't rule out an increase in loan interest rates in the country if the monetary policy tightening cycle continues.
The decision of the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia to raise the refinancing rate was primarily due to excessive demand factors, Central Bank Governor Martin Galstyan stated in response to a question from ARKA news agency.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
Central Bank of Armenia Chairman Martin Galstyan didn't rule out an increase in loan interest rates in the country if the monetary policy tightening cycle continues.
The decision of the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia to raise the refinancing rate was primarily due to excessive demand factors, Central Bank Governor Martin Galstyan stated in response to a question from ARKA news agency.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
Armenia regards the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) as a key partner, despite a small portfolio of joint projects, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said on Friday at a videoconference with representatives of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), convened to evaluate the efficiency of the EFSD-funded projects in Armenia
Armenia's investment climate, according to the latest Doing Business 2019 report, is satisfactory, said Andrey Shirokov, the Executive Director of the Project Unit at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD)
Transport integration along the North-South axis is an extremely important direction, and Armenia is interested in it, Andrei Shirokov, the executive director of the Project Unit at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), said in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), run by the Eurasian Development Bank, approved the release of the third tranche of a financial loan to Armenia in the amount of $ 100 million
Armenia's economic prospects for the next few years are positive, Alexey Cherekaev, a project group director at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), said in an interview with ARKA news agency
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has provided $490 million to finance a string of infrastructure projects in Armenia, Alexey Cherekaev, an EFSD project group director, said in an interview with ARKA news agency
The Council of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation and Development (the EFSD, the Fund) has approved disbursement of the second tranche of the EFSD financial credit of US$ 100 million to the Republic of Armenia
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) Board is very likely to take a decision next week on Armenia's request for a $300 million loan, Dmitry Pankin, chairman of the Management Board of the Eurasian Development Bank, told Tass
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development Board has ruled to provide Armenia with a $40 million investment loan too finance a project designed to modernize irrigation systems
